Strategies That Address the Disproportionate Number of Students from Racial [microform] : Ethnic Minority Groups Receiving Special Education Services: Case Studies of Selected States and School Districts. Final Report / Joy Markowitz
- Bib ID:
- 5595089
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Markowitz, Joy
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED396473
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1996
- 105 p.
- Summary:
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This final report describes strategies identified from interviews with educators in eight school districts in three states (Arkansas, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania) concerning the disproportionate number of students from racial/ethnic minority groups receiving special education services. The first section describes the methodology of the case study examination. Sections 2 and 3 present the three state case studies and the eight school district reports, followed by a section summarizing challenges faced by school districts when addressing disproportionality. The fifth section summarizes recurring themes across states and districts. These include: (1) the importance of having a school staff trained to work with racially/ethnically diverse students; (2) the need for on-going professional development in such areas as positive classroom management, identifying learning strengths, effective instructional practices for diverse learners, and nonbiased assessment; (3) the need for general and special educators to work together; (4) the importance of encouraging parent/family input at all educational levels; (5) the need for special education data to be disaggregated by race/ethnic group; and (6) the importance of school districts monitoring referral and evaluation/assessment processes and exploring ways to address disproportionality. Appended are ratings of state level initiatives, data collection guidelines, and plans from three of the school districts. (DB)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: HS92015001.
- ERIC Note: Prepared by Project FORUM.
- Administrators.
- Policymakers.
- Practitioners.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Case Studies
- Change Strategies
- Disabilities
- Disability Identification
- Disproportionate Representation
- Educational Practices
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Ethnic Bias
- Ethnic Groups
- Incidence
- Minority Groups
- Racial Balance
- Racial Bias
- Special Education
- State Programs
- Student Evaluation
- Student Placement
- Arkansas Diversity (Student) New Mexico Pennsylvania
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1996
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